UNITED STATES

                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                         WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549


                                FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT

                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                  THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):      July 26, 2005
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                              HASBRO, INC.
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         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



 RHODE ISLAND                    1-6682                    05-0155090
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  (State of                   (Commission                 (IRS Employer
Incorporation)                File Number)             Identification No.)



1027 NEWPORT AVE., PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND                   02862
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 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)


                             (401) 431-8697
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           (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
           Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

     Effective July 26, 2005, Michael W.O. Garrett, former Executive Vice
President of Nestle S.A., was elected to Hasbro, Inc.'s (the "Company's")
Board of Directors (the "Board").  Effective on July 28, 2005 the Board
appointed Mr. Garrett to serve on the Company's Audit Committee.

     A copy of the July 28, 2005 press release, announcing the election of
Mr. Garrett, is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.



Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c)  Exhibits

     99 Press Release, dated July 28, 2005, of Hasbro, Inc.
     

          
                                SIGNATURES
                                     
                                     
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                             HASBRO, INC.
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                                             (Registrant)


Date: July 29, 2005                  By:      /s/ David D. R. Hargreaves
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                                              David D. R. Hargreaves

                                              Senior Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer
                                              (Duly Authorized Officer and
                                              Principal Financial Officer)




                               Hasbro, Inc.
                        Current Report on Form 8-K
                            Dated July 29, 2005
                                     
                                     
                               Exhibit Index
                                     
                                     
Exhibit
No.

99        Press Release, Dated July 28, 2005, of Hasbro, Inc.